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Trump says Iran’s ayatollah ‘should be very worried’
Disagreement over venue and agenda risks collapse of nuclear talks as U.S. demands multilateral format; oil prices rose about 3% amid rising tensions, Reuters reported.
- On Wednesday, oil prices surged after Axios reported a U.S.-Iran disagreement, with U.S. crude rising $1.80 to $65.01 and Brent to $69.21.
- Changes to the meeting format — multilateral in Istanbul versus bilateral in Oman — caused the dispute as Tehran sought to exclude regional countries, a proposal the U.S. rejected, while Iranians resisted returning to Istanbul.
- U.S. Central Command reported Iranian gunboats attempted to board a U.S. merchant vessel, and the U.S. military said it shot down an Iranian drone near the USS Abraham Lincoln, raising tensions.
- A White House official said the U.S. and Iran still plan to meet in Oman on Friday, but officials said talks could still occur this week or next, and Marco Rubio earlier mentioned a Friday meeting in Turkey.
- Military activity in the Persian Gulf and tanker movements connect regional risk to global oil shipments, as President Donald Trump warned and U.S. military MH-60S Sea Hawk flights intensified, while tankers docked at Phillips 66 Freeport Terminal on Jan. 16, 2026.
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The Trump administration will resume nuclear negotiations with Iran on Friday. As reported by Axios, after talking with officials with knowledge about the dialogue between Washington DC and Tehran. Both sides agreed to meet in Oman, but not in Istanbul as originally proposed by the White House. The news came as Donald Trump assured that the Iranian supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, should be "very concerned." Read more
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